Patents by Inventor Ellison Berns

Ellison Berns has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Device and method for heating tissue in a patient's body
    Patent number: 5540679
    Abstract: A balloon catheter is provided that includes a catheter shaft constructed for insertion into a blood vessel, a balloon mounted on the catheter shaft, and a heating device located within the balloon and arranged for heating fluid inside the balloon to permit heating of tissue by thermal conduction from the fluid to the tissue through a wall of the balloon. The balloon catheter is inserted into a blood vessel and the balloon is passed through the right atrium of the heart and into the coronary sinus of the heart. The balloon is inflated with the fluid, and the fluid is heated inside the balloon through use of the heating device, to cause heat to pass from the fluid to surrounding tissue by thermal conduction through the wall of the balloon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: Boston Scientific Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel B. Fram, Ellison Berns, Susan M. Ropiak, Donald S. Rowe